Chapter 339 - 190: The Skinned Puppet
Chapter 339: Chapter 190: The Skinned Puppet
They picked a mid-range hotel in Ailuotis.
The group forged new identities and checked in.
"What about those small fry outside? Should we ignore them?"
Leng Qingying asked, sitting on the bed in Lu Cang’s room.
"Hmm... There’s no need to make the first move."
This blatant malice was actually more comforting than some deeply hidden conspiracy.
"They should come to us on their own."
"If they really don’t, we’ll just go find them tonight."
Leng Qingying said, "Oh..."
The nation of Ailuotis was indeed chaotic, but crime was still confined to the alleyways and dark corners.
There weren’t brazen murders happening out on the main streets.
Even in the alleys, you didn’t see people getting killed, though punishments like chopping off a hand did happen.
But in this world...
Losing a hand wasn’t that serious. With a bit of money, you could get it reattached or even have it undergo Rebirth.
Missing limbs were no big deal.
It was called chaotic.
But in reality, Ailuotis still had some semblance of law. If you had to describe it, it was a nation with poor public conduct and a breakdown in public order.
It couldn’t truly be called a lawless land.
If people were really killed at random and life and death were uncertain, no residents would live here.
"I’m going out for a bit."
Lu Cang stepped onto the windowsill and looked back at Leng Qingying.
"You should come with me."
Leng Qingying said, "Okay."
In an instant, the two figures vanished. Lu Cang disappeared from the window.
And Leng Qingying vanished from the room as well.
They reappeared in an alley.
The nation of Ailuotis wasn’t that large. A rough estimate would put it at just a little bigger than Kernoya.
But Kernoya was just a single city in Lorren.
And Ailuotis was an entire country.
"Lu Luwei’s Perception has already spotted a few sealed-off forbidden areas."
"Let’s go take a look now."
Although Lu Luwei was a Level 5 Observer, her Perception would still struggle to penetrate places with powerful perception-blocking Restrictions.
SWOOSH!
The two figures flickered through the darkness.
[Leng Qingying]
[Divine Level Infinite Illusion]
This Talent couldn’t be found on any talent charts. Divine Level Talents were essentially unrecorded in the world.
However, by using [Divine Level Hidden Origin], he had confirmed that Leng Qingying’s Talent was Divine Level.
As for her parents... they were indeed dead.
Beyond that.
Leng Qingying also possessed a natural Constitution—[Void Killing Body].
According to the relevant information from the Constitution index...
With this Constitution, killing someone with an Assassination Skill without being discovered would greatly increase her Skill Proficiency with that Assassination Skill.
Furthermore, someone with this Constitution was inherently difficult to detect. It seemed the Constitution would even continue to evolve as she killed more people this way... It certainly had good growth potential.
It could be considered a top-tier Constitution for an Assassin.
Leng Qingying, running across the rooftops, suddenly stopped.
"Hm?" Lu Cang also halted.
Leng Qingying looked down.
A scruffy, bearded man had tied up a small child and was dragging her toward a dark corner.
"Don’t scream!"
"You little fatherless, motherless bitch! Even if you die, no one will come looking for justice for you!"
"I’ve been watching you for days. I was just getting frustrated with no one to blow off some steam on."
Leng Qingying’s gaze was ice-cold as she watched what was happening in the alley.
She opened her mouth to ask, "Can I kill him?"
Lu Cang replied, "Do you even need to ask me?"
WHOOSH—
A thin stream of blood trickled down the cold blade of a dagger.
The little girl’s eyes widened as she stared at the tip of a dagger piercing through the man’s throat.
SLASH—
The ropes binding her hands and feet were suddenly severed.
The small figure pulled out the dagger, spun it once in her hand, and slid it back into the sheath strapped to her outer thigh.
She walked over to the little girl.
She opened a bottle of Potion and poured it over the girl’s head.
The emerald-green Potion gave off a gentle, herbal fragrance.
The little girl felt her wounds begin to itch as the pain faded and her injuries mended.
A bag fell to the ground.
"Go."
The small, black-robed figure left behind that one cold word and vanished.
All that remained before her was the slovenly man lying in a pool of his own blood.
She opened the bag and looked inside.
It was filled with over a hundred Copper Coins, dozens of Silver Coins, and a single Gold Coin.
Lu Cang looked at Leng Qingying, who had returned to his side.
Lu Cang smiled. "How thoughtful of you."
Leng Qingying’s voice was cold. "Let’s go."
The little girl just stood there, stunned. She stared at the man in the pool of blood for a few seconds, then clutched the bag and scurried away into the darkness.
Lu Cang glanced over...
...and casually tossed a Fireball.
FWOOSH!
The Fireball slammed into the man’s corpse, and Flames erupted.
It incinerated the man’s body, along with the pool of blood, leaving nothing behind.
"That should do it."
...
Leng Qingying and Lu Cang approached the Restriction.
It wasn’t too far from their hotel.
At Chi Cheng’s speed, he could probably arrive in an instant.
"This is it."
Before them stood a jet-black wall.
The wall belonged to a tower—a tall clock tower that loomed over the southwestern side of the city.
No one would have guessed that there was another world hidden inside the clock tower.
In truth, as they were approaching, Lu Cang had already used his Perception to clearly investigate everything inside.
It was undoubtedly connected to the Rose of Shedding Skin.
Lu Cang took a book out of his Storage Bag.
He touched it lightly.
[Creator: Ailan]
[Direction—]
Lu Cang’s Perception delved deep underground. In the very depths, there was a "person" in the middle of shedding its skin and flesh.
’That’s it.’
Date of Death—2 days from now.
Inside this underground palace, there were also numerous bloody scrolls made from flesh and skin.